Expert: Marla - 1/14/2011

Question
I sure could use some help! Here is what it says- Chain 138 loosely.SC in second chain from hook and in each chain across:137 sc. I do understand what they are telling me but it doesn't look like the pattern. The pattern looks like little squares on the photo. here's the link. http://www.purplekittyyarns.com/leisure-arts/goody-gumdrops-baby-blanket-crochet...

thanks for any help!
Susan

Answer
Hi Susan!
Thanks for asking! I went to the website, but alas! The pattern is no longer available. I went onto another website, and it said it was also from a “Crochet with Heart” magazine, which I have several issues of, but not that one.
You are probably doing it right, you maybe just haven’t done enough rows to give yourself credit. It looks like the colored rows are made up of dc and perhaps a “popcorn” stitch. Do the instructions say to crochet in the back loop in the colored row? It is a little difficult to tell from the picture, but when you crochet the white row after the colored row, it looks like you make a treble crochet in a stitch in the white row in front of and just below the colored row. This is what makes it look like blocks.
I’m sorry I can’t be of more help. If you send me the instructions for the rows through the white row after the colored row, I should be able to help you more. Please let me know and don’t underestimate yourself!

Marla